Principles of Group Learning, Context, and Learning Theory in Medical Education

PRINCIPLES OF GROUP LEARNING, CONTEXT, AND LEARNING THEORY 1
MEDICAL EDUCATION
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QUESTION 1
Biochemistry is characteristically a research correlated field that aims at
reviewing chemical processes that transpire in living matter. It also focuses on the reaction of
particular living organisms and substances to biological and chemical substances (Kohler 2012,
vol. 5). It is an extremely diverse field that dashes in almost every facet of human life in the
optimism of improving technology and medicine.in medical health, biochemistry is vital in
building a diagnosis, selecting an appropriate treatment technique and evaluating the success of a
treatment. Medical biochemistry program will provide students with the theoretical and practical
skills of biochemistry that will lead to relevant solutions to problems in the health sector.
Medical biochemistry program will aim at advancing technology to research and directed
towards the provision of better healthcare for all. It will play a catalytic role in developing
research in areas like; molecular parasitology, nutritional biochemistry and molecular
immunology (Davis and Harden, 2013). The student will acquire knowledge of human, diseases
and the role of the biochemical laboratory in the diagnostic healthcare system.
The program will include preparation of the teaching materials including textbooks and
research materials will be prepared to suit the range of the learners. The teaching methods should
include teaching aids and an equipped laboratory. For instance, in use of study aids , a student
might not be able to see the crescendos of the practice of biosynthesis and the degradation of
molecules, but the tutor will give artwork to the student and therefore apparatus like charts,
metabolic maps, and album schemes are essential. Educational films can be used in conveying of
lecture since it is essential in the optimization of learning (Barrows and Tamblyn, 2010). It
intensifies the interest of learning and progresses the cognitive procedure of mastering and
remembering materials. This is based on the conjecture that the highest percentage of human

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memory is visual and the highest amount of perceived information is acquired by sight. Medical
biochemistry has laboratory sessions that will constitute introduction, methodology, experiments,
result discussions, and conclusions that are characterized as visual. Its aim is to teach
independent scientific experiment where the students are able to the investigation of biochemical
processes of living organisms. The tutors are expected to train the students to be accurate while
measuring chemicals of an experiment which defines the quality of trainees produced by their
ability to use modern methods of assay. The students will give a detailed description of the
experiment carried out by writing the observations in tables, diagrams, and charts. They will
evaluate for specifying, accuracy and timely.
The learners will conduct research and will be guided by experienced staff and have all
the resources available to them. The tutors and staff will be obligated to guide the student
researcher (Rosing 2017 p72). The research will be in experimental form and will be published
after review. In the teaching timeline, the student will be offered optional courses that will give
them a specialization of one field and the compulsory courses will give them a general view of
biomedical chemistry. The courses will have groups of units like general academics, applied
professional and theoretical-methodological.
Medical biochemistry is fashioned for learners who intend to pursue careers within the
healthcare system and research. This teaching program requires intensive training in sciences and
medicine. The student will acquire knowledge of human, disease, and abilities for laboratory
work and quality control. This program will aim at equipping the student to have careers in;
work in a national biomedical research institution, in hospitals as biochemists and teach
biochemist in institutions. The program admission will give an average performance of the
student they will admit to the course to ensure a specific satisfaction of requirement. They will